Photograph by Ross Aldershoff
Completed in 2007 by Merkx + Girod Architecten, the Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore
in Maastricht in the Netherlands is an incredible church conversion
that was originally consecrated in 1294. Located between Maastricht’s
two major squares (the Markt and the Vrijthof), the bookstore is run by a
large Dutch chain in collaboration with the city council of Maastricht.
The
location has not been used as a church for over 200 years. Before
becoming a bookstore it served as a bicycle storage, exam hall for
students, a Christmas market and venue for various shows and events.
While some may find this usage peculiar, there are actually a
significant number of abandoned churches in the Netherlands, many of
them hundreds of years old.
With land being a premium in the
country, local governments have opted to convert and restore (just look
at those ceilings!) rather than demolish these historic abandoned
buildings. For those interested in more information, there’s a great
write-up on this building at Crossroads Magazine.
Photograph by Ross Aldershoff
Photograph by Ross Aldershoff
Photograph by Bert Kaufmann on Flickr
Photograph by Ross Aldershoff
Photograph by sas17 on Flickr
Photograph by Valeria’s Collection
source : http://twistedsifter.com/2012/06/worlds-most-beautiful-bookstore-selexyz-dominicanen-netherlands/
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